Fare-register



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M. STOPPER. FARE REGISTER.

N0. 553,876. Patented Feb. 4, 1896.

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M. STOPPER.

- FARE REGISTER.

Patent'ed'Feb. 4, 1896.

. I 6 J H ANDREW EJJRAHAM. PNUTO-LI'MQWASHINGYOKD C UNITED I STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IIICHAEL STOPIER, OF CINCINNATI, OIIIO.

FARE-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 553,876, dated February 4, 1896.

Application filed August 12, 1895.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL SroPPER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fare-Registers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My improvements relate to machines for registering and indicating fares collected,' more particularly on street-railroads; and my invention consists of certain novel constructions and arrangements of parts to be hereinafter more particularly pointed out and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a front view of the fare-register. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same, the back casing being removed. Fig. 3 is a plan view taken just within the front wall of the register. Fig. 4 is a central vertical section taken on lines 4 at of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail side view taken on lines 5 5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a detail view in vertical section of the registry-wheels. Fig. 7 is a front view of the same. Fig. 8 is a detail longitudinal section of the slide to cover the registry-openings. Fig. 9 is a detail View in perspective of the lower end of same.

The operating parts are inclosed in a case A, made of sufiicient size to hold the parts and to be carried by the fare-collector, suspended by cords attached to the eyes a a.

The trip-register or register indicating the number of fares taken on each trip is constructed as follows: On the front of the case is formed a dial-plate B, suitably marked to indicate the number of fares andpver which the dial-hand b revolves under the action of the operating mechanism, the dial-plate being covered bya glass window 0. This dial-hand is secured to a pin 2, which passes through the front wall of the case and through a hub cl, to which it is secured by the nut c, Fig. 4. Keyed to this hub is the ratchet-wheel C, so that the dial hand will revolve with the ratchetwheel. The pin 2, however, passes loosely through the hub d, so that the nut on the end of the pin merely binds the pin to the .hub frictionally. Pivoted loosely on the hub 61 is the lever D carrying the pawl f held in engagement with the ratchet-teeth Serial No. 559,004. (No model.)

of the wheel O by the spring 9. The lever D carries on its lower end a stud h, which ongages within the cam-opening in the upper end of the sliding bar E. This barE is caused to slide up and down by the operating-handle F, which is pivoted to the standard 2' at the bottom of the case and is connected with the stud 71'; by the connecting-link Z, so that when the operating-handle F is drawn down it will draw down the cam-slotted bar E, which slides between the blocks m m and the cross-pieces n p. The cam-slotted bar E is returned to its normal position by the spring 1 acting between the bottom of the case and the stud k. It will be manifest that as the cam-slotted bar E is drawn down it will actuate the lever D and the ratchet-wheel will be carried forward one tooth. s is a pawl attached to the casing to prevent this ratchetwheel from being turned in the opposite direction.

The cam-slotted bar E carries a right-angled extension E, the outer end of which engages with a punch-bar G. so that as the camslotted bar descends it will throw down the punch-rod to punch the ticket when desired, which is held within the slotted opening it at the rear of the case.

The total or permanent register which counts the fares taken on the series of trips is of the following construction: Pivoted to the upper extension of this portion E of the bar E is a crank-lever w, which lever is pivoted on a stud to the casing at 'y. The other arm of this crank-lever is slotted, as shown in dotted lines of Fig. 3, and engages with a stud a on the circular plates 1) b of the registry device, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7. This total-register consists of a set of wheels 0 c mounted loosely on a hub d suitably secured to the casing A, as shown in Fig. 6. As many of these registering-wheels as desired are em.- ployed, but for ordinary purposes four, as shown, are ample. These registering-wheels are numbered on their peripheries from O to 9, the first wheel representing units, the second tens, the third hundreds, drc. These registry-wheels are held on the hub d between the circular plates 1) b, which are also mounted loosely on the hub d and are connected by the arch c, the whole device being held in place by the barf secured to thehub d. Pivoted on the arch c is a four-fingered pawl 9' held in engagement with the registry-wheels by the coiled spring 7L. These re gistry-whcels are notched on their periphery to form ten teeth, one of the notches or teeth being considerably deeper than the others, while the tour-fingered pawl carries fingers decreasing in length, as shown in Figs. (5 and 7. The longest finger on this pawl engages with the units-wheel and the other fingers do not operate the other wheels until the deepest notch is reached, when the linger for the unitswheel will enter the tooth far enough to allow the finger for the tens-wheel to engage that wheel. \Vhen the deepest notches on both the units and tens wheels are in line, the finger for the hundreds-wheel can take hold to advance its wheel one tooth.

It will thus be seen that the device will register up to ten thousand, and increasing amounts can be registered by merely adding more wheels.

It will further be seen that as the bar E descends under the operation of the lever F, the cranlclever 11 will be oscillated and the pawl g be actuated to advance the units-registry wheel one tooth.

To indicate the direction in which the car is moving at the time the fares are registered, I provide a disklI mounted on the hub (1 immediately within the wall of the case. This disk has painted on its front the words In and Out, alternately, one in each quadrant of the disk, which words show through the slot to in the dial-plate B. The

inner face of this disk II is provided with a four-tooth cam or wiper wheel. I, engaging the teeth of which is the pawl K mounted on the bell-crank lever L, which is pivoted on the hub d. The other arm of this bell-crank lever is provided with a toothed shoulder Z extending out and over the ratchet-wheel C. This tooth Z may be engaged by the pawl m on the ratchet-wheel U for the purpose hereinafter stated.

The gear-wheel M is formed on the face of the ratchet-wheel C and meshes with the beveled pinion N, which is mounted on a shaft 1*, journaled in a box n secured to the case. This shaft 0' is provided with a tooth 0, Fig. 5, engaged by the pawl p, mounted on the disk 0', secured to the shaft- 3, which passes outside the case and is provided with a thumbserew 2". It will be evident from this construction that the thumb-screw If when turned in one direction. will not operate the pinion N, but that in the other direction the pawl 11 will engage with the tooth 0 on the pinionshatt, and thus the ratchet-wheel O and with it the dial-hand Z) can be returned to zero, it first being necessary to disengage the pawls f and s by pressing down the pin a, which engages with the outer ends of these pawls, as shown in Fig. 2.

The dial-hand b when it reaches zero is stopped by the pin point v on the dial-face; but the friction between the nut c and the hub (Z is such that when the dial-hand is stopped the hub d and with it the ratchetwheel 0 can still rotate. The pawl on. then comes in contact with the tooth l on the bellcrank lever L and the lever is carried down, carrying around with it the cam-wheel I and the disk II one-quarter ol. a turn, which brin gs to the openingh the word Out. The pawl m then comes in contact with the shoulder 3 attached to the journal-box a and is dis connected from the bell-crank lever L, which lever is at once returned to its normal position through the action of the coiled spring P, connected with the lever L by the rod 5. As the pivotal center of the bell-crank lever L and the point of attachment of the connecting-rod S with this lever at the time the spring P is to act will be almost in line with the point of attachment of the coiled spring P, I provide a spring T to throw the spring P and connecting-rod S over toward the coin ter of the case and thus allow the coiled spring P to act.

U is a bar back of the cam-bar 1C and sliding in the same guides, held .in contact with the wiper-wheel I by the spring a, and as the wiper-wheel revolves this bar U will be pushed down the height of the teeth on the wiper-wheel. This bar U has a right-angled extension I), to which is pivoted the bellcrank lever c of the same description. as the lever to pivoted to the extension of the cambar E. This bell-crank lever c operates a similar registering device A to that already shown and described in connection with. the registration of the fares. As these two registering devices are exactly similar, the description of one of them will be sufficient, the registering device A being employed to register the movements of the disk-wheel II and thus to register the number of trips or number ol. times that the trip-register has been reset to zero.

Pivoted to the stud h on the lever D is the pawl d. This pawl engages with the triplever c. This trip-lever carries the bell-hammer 13, which is thrown into contact with the bell with each movement of the lover I), by the spring f, in the usual way, the dotted circle in Fig. 2 showing the position. of the bell, which is secured to the *asing on the stud g.

The number of fares and the trips registered show through openings m Z in the side of the case, but it is not intended that the fare-collector shall. be able to see the amounts registered. For this reason I provide a sliding plate 0 provided with glass windows a n. The lower end of this sliding plate C is provided with a stud p, and a slotted arm, connected with the lock on the back casing, engages this stud p. Ordinarily the slide U covers the openings Z and m, and when it desired to determine the amounts registered the key is inserted in the lock and the slotted arm thrown up so as to shift the windows a n in front of the registry-openings. The

amounts registered being taken from the wheels, by turning the lock the proprietor throws the slide-bar 0 down to conceal the opening.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a fare-register,the combination,with a total-register, and a trip-register, of a ratchetwheel to which the dial-pointer is frictionally attached, a lever and a pawl for actuating the same, a cam-slotted slide-bar with operatinghandle therefor, a pin on said lever engaging the earn, a slot in said slide-bar, and a totalregistry lever pivoted to said slide-bar, whereby both the total and trip registers may be actuated simultaneously, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a fare-register,the combination,with a total-register, a trip-register, a punch, and an alarm-bell, of a ratchet-wheel to which a dialpointer is frictionally attached, a lever and a pawl for actuating said ratchet-wheel, a camslotted slide-bar with operating-handle therefor, a pin on said lever engaging the slot in said bar, a total-registry lever pivoted to said bar and a punch-rod connected therewith, a triplever for the alarm-bell with pawl to actuate same mounted on said cam-slot pin, whereby the total and the trip registers, the punch and the alarm-bell may all be simultaneously actuated by the movement of the cam-slotted slide-bar, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a fare-register,the combination,with a trip-register, of a ratchet-wheel to which the index-hand is frictionally secured, a trip-indicator with cam-wheels secured thereto, a pawl and a lever to actuate said cam-wheel, crankarm on said lever, provided with a toothed shoulder extending out over the ratchetwheel, a pawl on the ratchet-wheel to engage said toothed shoulder, with gearing, and a thumb-screw to rotate said ratch et-wheel and bring said pawl into engagement with the toothed shoulder, a slide-bar engaging with said cam-wheel, and a zero-register with an actuating-lever pivoted to said slide-bar, and a pin on the dial-plate to stop the index-hand at zero, all substantially as shown and described.

MICHAEL STOPPER.

Witnesses GEORGE HEIDMAN, HARVEY GATES EDWARDS. 

